"Connor played a leading role, but the only other long-time regulars present, Joan Sims and Peter Butterworth, had only small roles. Windsor Davies, who had joined the series with a main role in the preceding film ""Carry On Behind"", again plays a major role, reprising (in all but name) his Sergeant-Major character from the BBC sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"", along with Melvyn Hayes as his effeminate foil. Other main roles are played by established and recognisable actors Judy Geeson and Patrick Mower, both newcomers to the ""Carry On"" films. The film was originally certified AA by the then"
"""Carry On Cleo"" was filmed between 13 July and 28 August 1964. The original poster and publicity artwork by Tom Chantrell were withdrawn from circulation after 20th Century Fox successfully brought a copyright infringement case against distributor Anglo Amalgamated, which found the design was based on a painting by Howard Terpning for which Fox owned the copyright and was used to promote the Cleopatra film. Interiors: The film premiered at London's Warner cinema on 10 December 1964 and went on to become one of the 12 most popular movies at the British box office in 1965. Colin McCabe, Professor of"
"""Carry On Cleo"" (1964), after the Burton and Taylor epic ""Cleopatra"" (1963), where the budget-conscious ""Carry On"" team made full use of some impressive sets which had been intended for that film. ""Carry On Emmannuelle"", inspired by the soft-porn ""Emmanuelle"", brought to an end the original 'run'. The stock-in-trade of ""Carry On"" humour was innuendo and the sending-up of British institutions and customs, such as the National Health Service (""Nurse"", ""Doctor"", ""Again Doctor"", ""Matron"" and the proposed ""Again Nurse""), the monarchy (""Henry""), the Empire (""Up the Khyber""), the armed forces (""Sergeant"", ""England"", ""Jack"" and the proposed ""Flying"" and ""Escaping""), the"
"Claire Davenport Claire Bernice Davenport (24 April 1933 – 25 February 2002) was an English actress well known for her ""junoesque"" form and who was often cast in character roles which highlighted her large physique. Davenport was born on 24 April 1933 in Sale, Cheshire, and began acting in 1961 with a theatre role in ""Caesar and Cleopatra"" at the Playhouse in Oxford. Her film work includes roles in ""Return of the Jedi"" (as Yarna d'al' Gargan, originally billed as ""Fat Dancer""), ""The Return of the Pink Panther"", ""Adventures of a Plumber's Mate"", ""Carry On Emmannuelle"", ""The Tempest"", and ""The"
"English at the University of Exeter, labelled this film (together with ""Carry On Up The Khyber"") as one of the best films of all time. In 2007, the pun ""Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me"", spoken by Kenneth Williams, was voted the funniest one-line joke in film history. Carry On Cleo Carry On Cleo is a British film comedy which was released in 1964. It is the tenth in the series of ""Carry On"" films to be made, and the website ICONS.a portrait of England describes ""Carry On Cleo"" as ""perhaps the best"" of the series. Regulars"
"Sonja O'Hara Sonja O'Hara (born October 1, 1987) is an award-winning Canadian actress and filmmaker who is represented by William Morris Endeavor (WME). She is originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and currently resides in New York City. She is best known for playing the role of Calpurnia Dylan in the 2015 American film ""Ovum."" In 2007, O'Hara appeared on the New York stage in a production of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Norman Mailer's play ""The Deer Park"" as a character based on Marilyn Monroe. O'Hara began acting at age ten, appearing in school plays including a local production of ""The"
"Sylvia Lennick Sylvia Lennick (née Paige; November 14, 1915 – August 10, 2009) was a Canadian comedic actress. A supporting cast member of ""Wayne & Shuster""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s television comedy troupe, she was most famous for her role as Calpurnia, with the famous catch phrase ""I told him, Julie! Don't go!"", in the Julius Caesar sketch ""Rinse the Blood Off My Toga"". In addition to her work with Wayne and Shuster, Lennick was a semi-regular on many of the CBC's weekly television series in the 1950s, including ""Cannonball"" and ""Tugboat Annie"", as well as numerous comedy, drama and musical specials throughout the"
"pneumonia, aged 93. Sylvia Lennick Sylvia Lennick (née Paige; November 14, 1915 – August 10, 2009) was a Canadian comedic actress. A supporting cast member of ""Wayne & Shuster""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s television comedy troupe, she was most famous for her role as Calpurnia, with the famous catch phrase ""I told him, Julie! Don't go!"", in the Julius Caesar sketch ""Rinse the Blood Off My Toga"". In addition to her work with Wayne and Shuster, Lennick was a semi-regular on many of the CBC's weekly television series in the 1950s, including ""Cannonball"" and ""Tugboat Annie"", as well as numerous comedy, drama and musical"
"Carry On Girls Carry On Girls is the 25th in the series of ""Carry On"" films to be made, released in Britain in 1973. The film is notable for being the first ""Carry On"" to feature neither Kenneth Williams nor Charles Hawtrey. Williams was appearing in a West End play, ""My Fat Friend"". Hawtrey had been dropped from the series the previous year. The film features regulars Sid James, Barbara Windsor, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor, Bernard Bresslaw and Peter Butterworth. Patsy Rowlands makes her seventh appearance in the series. Jack Douglas makes his third appearance, this time upgraded to a"
"Carry On England Carry On England is the 28th in the series of ""Carry On"" films to be made. It was released in October 1976 and featured ""Carry On"" regulars Kenneth Connor, Jack Douglas, Joan Sims and Peter Butterworth. It was second and last ""Carry On"" film for Windsor Davies, Diane Langton, and Peter Jones, while Patrick Mower, Judy Geeson and Melvyn Hayes make their only appearance in a ""Carry On"" film. It was followed by ""That's Carry On"" in 1977 and ""Carry On Emmannuelle"" in 1978. Captain S Melly (Kenneth Connor) is put in charge of an experimental mixed-battery"
"a child and was a dancer before acting in a number of British television and film roles in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as presenting ""Hickory House"" with former ""Coronation Street"" star Alan Rothwell between 1973 and 1977. She was also in two of the Carry On films, a long-running series of British comedy films: she had a supporting turn as a cab driver in ""Carry On Cabby"" (1963) and took the title role in ""Carry On Cleo"" (1964), which helped her on her way to becoming an international star of stage and screen. In 1975, Barrie played Mrs."
"later 7 October 2013 it was re-released with smaller packaging. All the movies contained in the collection are also available to buy individually. Since 2013, StudioCanal has begun to release a number of the ""Carry On"" films on Blu-ray. starting with ""Carry On Screaming!"" (21 October 2013), ""Carry On Cleo"" (5 May 2014), ""Carry On Cowboy"" (2 June 2014) and ""Carry On Jack"" (7 July 2014). Carry On (franchise) The Carry On series primarily consists of 31 British comedy motion pictures (1958–92), four Christmas specials, a television series of thirteen episodes, and three West End and provincial stage plays. The"
"Carry On Abroad Carry On Abroad is the twenty-fourth in the series of ""Carry On"" films to be made, released in December 1972. The film features series regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Bernard Bresslaw, Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth and Hattie Jacques. It was the 23rd and final appearance for Charles Hawtrey. June Whitfield returned after appearing in ""Carry On Nurse"" 13 years earlier. Jimmy Logan made the first of two appearances in the series. Along with the previous film in the series (""Carry On Matron""), it features the highest number of the regular ""Carry On"" team."
"Steed's sidekick. Her other film roles included ""The Beauty Jungle"" (1964), ""Mister Ten Per Cent"" (1967), ""Corruption"" (1968), ""The Smashing Bird I Used to Know"" (1969), ""Incense for the Damned"" (1970), and the Hammer horror film ""The Satanic Rites of Dracula"" (1973) before retiring from performing in 1982 and forming a casting company with her husband. Valerie Van Ost Valerie Van Ost (born 25 July 1944 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England) is an English actress. She is best known for her appearance in four Carry On films - ""Carry On Cabby"", ""Carry On Don't Lose Your Head"", ""Carry On Doctor"" and"
"Mary Lynn Rajskub Mary Lynn Rajskub (; born June 22, 1971) is an American actress and comedian, best known for portraying Chloe O'Brian in the Fox action thriller series ""24"". Rajskub was born on June 22, 1971 in Detroit, Michigan and raised in nearby Trenton, the daughter of Betty and Tony Rajskub. She is of Irish, Polish, and Czechoslovak descent. Her father is a pipefitter of Czech descent, and her mother worked as a pharmacist's assistant. Rajskub played the clarinet in a school band and portrayed Frenchie in the musical ""Grease"". One of her childhood inspirations was the television series"
"films all the way though to the final one in the original series, ""Carry On Emmannuelle"". Sims appeared in 24 ""Carry On"" films in all; she did not return for the one-off revival film, ""Carry On Columbus"" (1992). However, she did appear alongside Kenneth Williams in the radio show ""Stop Messing About"" in 1969–70. Prior to this she had worked on the BBC Radio comedy Play it Cool, with Hugh Paddick and Ian Carmichael. After the ""Carry On"" series ended in 1978, Sims continued to work on television. She appeared opposite Katharine Hepburn and Laurence Olivier in the award-winning 1975"
"appear in every ""Carry On"" up to ""Carry On Emmannuelle"" in 1978, making her the most prolific actress in the series. The title role is played by Amanda Barrie in her second and last Carry On. Along with ""Carry On Sergeant"" and ""Carry On Screaming!"", its original posters were reproduced by the Royal Mail on stamps to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Carry on series in June 2008. The film opens during Caesar's invasions of Britain, with Mark Antony (Sid James) struggling to lead his armies through miserable weather. At a nearby village, cavemen Horsa (Jim Dale) and Hengist"
"Clare Kramer Clare Elizabeth Kramer (born September 3, 1974) is an American actress best known for her starring role of Glory on ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"" and for her role as Courtney in ""Bring It On"". She is a co-founder of GeekNation and hosts the podcast ""Take Five with Clare Kramer"". Clare Elizabeth Kramer was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to a kindergarten teacher mother and a petroleum geologist father. and spent most of her childhood in Delaware, Ohio. She is of British and German descent. She has a younger sister named Callie; their parents are Terry and Sandy. After graduating"
"Jacki Piper Jacqueline Crump (born 3 August 1946), known professionally by her stage name Jacki Piper, is an English actress, best known for her appearances as the female juvenile lead in the British film comedies ""Carry On Up the Jungle"" (1970), ""Carry On Loving"" (1970), ""Carry On at Your Convenience"" (1971), and ""Carry On Matron"" (1972). Born in Birmingham, she trained at the Birmingham Theatre School. Her career began on stage in the mid-1960s, playing in repertory theatre in Rhyl, Wales, where she was billed as Jackie Crump. Her film career began with an appearance with Roger Moore in the"
"fight sequence between bikini-clad contestants played by Barbara Windsor and Margaret Nolan) enabled the film to gain the more commercially acceptable A certificate (open to families) than the more restrictive AA certificate, barring entry to the under-fourteens. Interiors: Exteriors: Valerie Leon's voice for the film was dubbed by co-star June Whitfield. Carry On Girls Carry On Girls is the 25th in the series of ""Carry On"" films to be made, released in Britain in 1973. The film is notable for being the first ""Carry On"" to feature neither Kenneth Williams nor Charles Hawtrey. Williams was appearing in a West End"
"Valerie Van Ost Valerie Van Ost (born 25 July 1944 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England) is an English actress. She is best known for her appearance in four Carry On films - ""Carry On Cabby"", ""Carry On Don't Lose Your Head"", ""Carry On Doctor"" and ""Carry On Again Doctor"". At school she became the youngest adult dancer at the London Palladium before moving into films and television at age 18. She memorably appeared as the dim-witted Penny in an episode of ""The Avengers"" entitled ""Dead Man's Treasure"", and a year later was considered for the part of Diana Rigg's replacement as"
"Barbara Young (actress) Barbara Young (born 9 February 1936, Brighouse, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English actress. She is known for her role as the future Emperor Nero's mother, Agrippina, in the landmark 1976 BBC serial ""I, Claudius"". She also played Miss Scatcherd in the 1970 film of ""Jane Eyre"", Eileen Clancy in the 1975 TV series ""Looking For Clancy"", Dot Wilmington in the TV series ""Hazell"", and appeared in ""On Giant's Shoulders"" for the BBC in 1979. She played the long-running role of gossipy yet lovable Sadie Hargreaves Lloyd in soap opera ""Family Affairs"". Sadie, a former theatre"
"subreddit, with most of the questions centered around her time on the show and her role on the show. Kramer won the 2012 Pollygrind Underground Film Festival's Best Actress award for her portrayal of spree killer, ""Caitlin Shattuck"", in the rock fantasy feature, Road To Hell. Clare Kramer Clare Elizabeth Kramer (born September 3, 1974) is an American actress best known for her starring role of Glory on ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"" and for her role as Courtney in ""Bring It On"". She is a co-founder of GeekNation and hosts the podcast ""Take Five with Clare Kramer"". Clare Elizabeth Kramer"
"home with the people she loves. The cancer claims her life within weeks; Alma passes away at Audrey's home in Grasmere Drive on 17 June 2001, aged 55, with Mike and her friends surrounding her. Alma was introduced in 1981 as a recurring/guest character, the wife of café proprietor Jim Sedgewick. The role saw the return to mainstream television for actress Amanda Barrie, who was previously best known to viewers as ""Cleopatra"" in the 1964 comedy film Carry On Cleo. Barrie played Alma in a recurring role for several years, and then, after six years away from the show, she"
"film ""Chaplin"" (1992) and by Katie Maguire in the film ""Madcap Mabel"" (2010). Edna Purviance Olga Edna Purviance (; October 21, 1895 – January 13, 1958) was an American actress during the silent movie era. She was the leading lady in many of Charlie Chaplin's early films and in a span of eight years, she appeared in over 30 films with him. Purviance was born in Paradise Valley, Nevada, to English immigrant Louisa Wright Davey and American vintner to the western mining camps Madison (Matt) Gates Purviance. When she was three, the family moved to Lovelock, Nevada, where they assumed"
"Carry On (franchise) The Carry On series primarily consists of 31 British comedy motion pictures (1958–92), four Christmas specials, a television series of thirteen episodes, and three West End and provincial stage plays. The films' humour was in the British comic tradition of the music hall and bawdy seaside postcards. Producer Peter Rogers and director Gerald Thomas drew on a regular group of actors, the Carry On team, that included Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth, Hattie Jacques, Terry Scott, Bernard Bresslaw, Barbara Windsor, Jack Douglas, and Jim Dale. The ""Carry On"" series contains"
"to Walter Evans. The two had three daughters: Eliza, Ella and Estella Evans. Evans played Calpurnia in the 1962 film version of ""To Kill a Mockingbird"" and acted in several other major movies and television shows. Evans died on July 20, 1985, in New York City, New York and was buried in Westview Community Cemetery in Pompano Beach, Florida. She was 78 years old. Estelle Evans Estelle Rolle Evans (October 1, 1906 – July 20, 1985) was a Bahamian American actress during the 20th century. Some of her most famous appearances were in the movies ""The Quiet One"" (1948), ""To"
"Chloe O'Brian Chloe O'Brian is a fictional character played by actress Mary Lynn Rajskub on the US television series ""24"". An analyst at CTU Los Angeles (and later New York), she is Jack Bauer's most trusted colleague, often doing unconventional and unauthorized favors for him, even at personal risk to herself. As O'Brian, Rajskub appeared in 137 episodes of ""24"", more than any other actor except series star Kiefer Sutherland, who appeared in all 204 episodes of the series. UGO.com named her one of the best TV nerds. AOL named her one of the 100 Most Memorable Female TV Characters."
"Courtney Ford Courtney Ford is an American actress. She is best known for her roles on television, such as playing Christine Hill on ""Dexter"" (2009), Portia Bellefleur on ""True Blood"" (2011), Lily on ""Parenthood"" (2012), Tonia Pyne on ""Murder in the First"" (2014), Kate Taylor on ""Revenge"" (2014), Kelly Kline on ""Supernatural"" (2016–2018) and Nora Darhk on ""Legends of Tomorrow"" (2017–present). She also played the lead role in the Lifetime television film ""Kept Woman"" (2015). Ford described her career as stagnant for the 10 years preceding 2008, in which she considered ceasing work as an actress. However, during what she"
"Carry On series on screen and stage The ""Carry On"" series is a long-running British sequence of comedy films, stage shows and television programmes produced between 1958 and 1992. Distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated from 1958 to 1966, and the Rank Organisation from 1967 to 1978, the films were all made at Pinewood Studios. The series' humour relied largely on innuendo and double entendre. There were thirty-one films, three Christmas specials, one television series of thirteen episodes, and three West End and provincial stage plays, all made on time and to a strict budget. Peter Rogers and Gerald Thomas were the series'"
"Valerie Leon Valerie Leon (born 12 November 1943) is an English actress who had roles in a number of high-profile British film productions, including the ""Carry On"" series. Her father was a director of a textile company, and her mother, who trained at RADA, ended her acting career to become a full-time mother. Valerie is the eldest of four privately educated children. After leaving school, she became a trainee fashion buyer at Harrods, before playing truant one day to go to an audition which led to her becoming a chorus girl, and then appearing with Barbra Streisand in ""Funny Girl"""
"the Beatles' first two live action feature films, ""A Hard Day's Night"" (1964), and ""Help!"" (1965), quipping that ""I must be one of the few people who can claim they have seen John, Paul, George and Ringo naked."" She also worked on the James Bond films ""Live and Let Die"" and ""Rollerball"" with Roger Moore, and the spoof ""Casino Royale"" with David Niven Harris also designed costumes for the ""Carry On"" film ""Carry On Cleo"" (1964), a sword and sandal spoof set in ancient Rome and Egypt, described as ""perhaps the best"" of the series. Harris died after a brief"
"the most successful ""Carry On"" film with an estimated ten million admissions. It made an estimated $1.5 million in the US. Carry On Nurse Carry On Nurse is the second in the series of ""Carry On"" films with 31 entries. It was released in 1959, premiering in London at the Carlton Cinema on 5 March 1959 before going on general release nationwide from 23 March 1959. Of the regular team, it featured Joan Sims (in her ""Carry On"" film debut), Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey, with Hattie Jacques and Leslie Phillips. The film was written by Norman Hudis"